Ticket-vending machine.



W. HOLLINGSWURTH.

TICKET vBNmNG MAUHINE.

AIPLIOATIOH FILED 00T. 19. 1909.

954,393. Patented Apr. 5, 1910 2 BEEETB--SEBET 1 W. HOLLINGSWORTH.

TICKET VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION rum) ooT.1e, 1909.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

2 BHEETS-SHEET 2.

opcnin UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HOLLINGSWORTH, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ABSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 EDWARD HLNZSCHE, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

TICKET-VENDING MACHINE.

Spocioation of Letten Potent.

Application filed ctober 19, 1909. Serial No. 528,516.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. I, WILLIAM HOLLINGS- won'rlnn citizen of the United States, residing nt Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'l`icket-Vending Machines, of which the following is a speclticat-ion.

'.lhis invention relates to improvements in ticket vendin;l machines, and has for its object to provi( c a simple, cheap, and efficient machine for vendin tickets and for registering the number o tickets sold. The registerin f heilig accomplished by the coperation ci? the tickets, which have previous?,7 been prepared, und independent ofthe fee ing and dischnrgin r mechanism, whereby shouldl the machine he operated when there nre no tickets therein 'the registering mechanism will not be operated.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of the parts and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth in the followin specification and pointed out in detail in tie claims.

In' the accompanying drawingsr-Fiire 1 is a side elevation of my invention. *ig 2 is a top plan view, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a rear end view. Fig. 4 is a detailed front view of the knives. Fig. 5` is a vertical sectional view of the buse taken through the ticket runwa Referring to the accompanying drawings, fortuin part ofthis specification, and ln which ike reference numerals designatelike parts throughout the several views thereof, 1 designates the base having a ticket runway 2 extending along the unper surface thereof, and a casing 3 which l 4 at the rear through which the strip ot tickets 5 asses to the runwa 2, and an opening 6 at tie front. through w ich the tickets drop after being cnt :from the strip. The casing 3 may be made of glass, so that the tickets and the operative iarts may be Seen therein, or one or more si es may be of glass, as desired.

A feed wheel 7 is revolubly mounted on the plugs 8, which latter pass throu h the posts 9 and are heldinposition by te setscrews 10. The Said posts 9 are secured to the base 1 in any suitable manner. The feed wheel 7 is provided witha number` of teeth l10n the outer edge thereof which co operate with the apertures in the strip of tickets 5, and is operated by a plunger 12,

att/er has uny which latter has its upper end pro'ecting through the top of the casing and is eld to its normal posit-ion by a coiled spring 13. The lower end of the lunger is pivoted to a cam lever 14, which atrter is also pivoted at its rear end to a 4post 15. The front end of the lever 14 is rovided with a cam slot 16 into which pro3ects a pin 17 on one arm 18 of a bell-crank lever which latter is mounted on the hub of the wheel 7. The other arm 19 of the bell-crank lever carries a. dog 20 pivoted at 27 which rests on the inner rim of the wheel 7 and has a lug 21 to prevent it turning over. On the inner rim of the wheel 7 are a number of lugs 22 a anst which the dog 20 impinges when the p un r is forced down to revolve said whee The said dog bein pivoted to the arm 19 rides over 'the next u on the wheel 7 when the plunger is returne to its normal posit-ion.

At the front of the runway 2 is a stationary knife 23 over which the tickets pro'ect, and a knife 24 having one end pivo y at 25 and an arm 26 connected to the other end the rear end of said arm 2G bein ivoted to the post 15. The front end o t e arm 26 being held up to its normal position by the coiled spring 28. The pivoted knife 24 cooperates with the knife 23 to out the tickets from the strip, as hereinafter described.

Backof the feed wheel 7, and in line therewith, is a registering wheel 29 which latter is provided with teeth 30 in line with the teeth on the feed wheel 7 and adapted to project into the apertures in the strip of tickets 5. The said wheel 29 is mounted on a shaft 31 which latter has its hearing in the post 32 and in the pin 33. 0n one end of the shaft 31 is a small gear wheel 34 which is in mesh with a large gear wheel '35 on the shaft 36 of the counter 37. The

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on its bearin causing the dog 20 to strike against one o the lugs 22 and turn the wheel 7 moving the strip of tickets out over the knife 23 the distance of one ticket, at which point the bell-crank lever ceases to revolve owing to the cam slot 16 having passed a point where the cam-lever 14 operates on the pin 17; the plun er continues down causing the lower end ofg the cam-lever 14 to strike the arm 26 forcing the latter down and causing the pivoted knife 24 to shear one ticket from the strip 5. When the plunger is released it is returned to its normal osition by the spring 13 causin the camever 14 to return the bell-crank ever to its normal position. The knife 24 and arm 26 are returned to their normal position by the spring 28. This o eration is repeated as often as it is desire to cut a ticket from the strip. The teeth on the wheel 29 reject into the apertures in the strip of tic ets and as the latter is drawn along the runway it causes the said wheel 29 to revolve, which in turn revolves the shaft 31, on the outer end of which latter is a small gear wheel 34 in mesh with a large gear wheel 35 on the shaft 36 on the counter 37. Thus it will be seen that as the tickets pass under the wheel 29 each ticket will be registered as there are a predetermined number of apertures to each ticket on the strip. It will also be seen that the registering of the tickets is done by the assing of the tickets and independent of the eedin and discharging mechanism.

Whl e I have shown and described the feed wheel and registering wheel provided with teeth to co crate wlth the apertures in the stri of tic ets, it is obvious that the said`whee may be changed to coperate with the tickets prepared in any other manner, such as crimping, perforat-ing, embossing, notching, etc. Other changes in the construction and arrantgement of the parts may be made, within e scope of the a pended claims, without departing from t e spirit of m present invention.

Having us described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a ticketfyending machine, the combination of a strip of tickets having interruptions in the surface thereof, means coolperating with the said interruptions to feed t estrip through the machine, and means cooperatin with the said interruptions to regi ister eac ticket as it asses.

2. In a ticket-vending machine, lthe combination of a strip of tickets having interruptions in the surface thereof, means cooperating with said interruptions to feed the strip through the machine, means to cut the tickets from the strip as it is fed from the machine, and means coperating. with the said interruptions to register each ticket as it passes.

3. In a ticket-vending machine, the combinationy of a strip of tickets having apertures therein, means co erating with said a ertures to feed the strip through the mac ine, and means ooperating with said apertures to register each ticket as it passes.

4. In a ticket-vending machine, the combination of a strip of tickets having apertures therein, means coperating with said apertures to feed the strlp through the machine, means to vcut each ticket from the strip as it is fed from the machine, and means coperating with said apertures to register each ticket as it passes.

5. In a ticket-Vending machine, the combination of a strip of tickets, a. wheel to feed the tickets through the machine, a plunger to operate said Wheel, and means operated by the said strip to register each ticket as it passes.

6. In a ticketvendin machine, the combination of a strip of tic ets, a Wheel to feed the tickets through the machine, a plunger to operate said wheel, a knife operated by the plunger to cut each ticket from the strip, and means operated by the said strip to register each ticket as it asses.

In testimony whereof aiiix my signature in presence of two witness WILLIAM HOLLINGSWORTH. 

